The Rancho Cañada Floodplain Restoration Project aims to restore and enhance floodplain connectivity and channel process of the Carmel River at the Rancho Cañada unit of Palo Corona Regional Park, the site of the former 36-hole Rancho Cañada golf course. The restoration includes removal of 3,200 linear feet of riprap and excavation of over 650,000 cubic yards of sediment to lower the existing disconnected floodplains and restore natural geomorphic processes; while avoiding impacts to special status species such as South-Central California Coast steelhead, California red-legged frog, Foothill yellow-legged frog, western pond turtle, Monterey dusky-footed woodrat, bats, nesting birds, and more. A critical aspect of this project was the rescue and relocation of California red-legged frog as a result of the required dewatering of the Carmel River. Our team relocated 63 tadpoles and 11 adults over the course of the first phase of the project, via seine and dipnetting and hand capture. Individuals were relocated to an area upstream of the project area where river flows will last long enough for the tadpoles to metamorphose. This site was chosen after evaluating ponds and other river sites based on ecological considerations for California red-legged frog.